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Jowo J Gl or i ous At i s ha
Lamp for the Path of Awakening
Lamp for the Path of
Awakening (Skt.
bodhipathapradpa; Wyl. byang
chub lam sgron) - Atisha's most
famous and influential treatise, in
which he defined the three levels
of spiritual capacity and, in just 68
verses, laid the foundation for the
lamrim tradition.
Translations
Geshe Sonam Rinchen,
Atisha's Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment, Snow Lion, 1997
Ronald M. Davidson, Atia's
Lamp for the Path to
Awakening', in Buddhism in
Practice, edited by Donald S.
Lopez Jr., Princeton University
Press, 1995
Quotations
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You should know that beings are of three kinds
Those of lesser, intermediate and supreme capacity.
Ata, Lamp for the Path to Enl ightenment, 2ab


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Those who strive by any means
To gain only the pleasures of samsara
For themselves alone
Such people are called 'lesser' individuals.
Ata, Lamp for the Path to Enl ightenment, 3

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Those who turn their backs on worldly pleasures,
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And avoid any harmful actions,
Striving for peace for themselves alone
Such individuals are said to be 'intermediate'.
Ata, Lamp for the Path to Enl ightenment, 4
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Those who long to put a complete end
To all the sufferings of others
Through the sufferings of their own experience
Individuals such as these are supreme.
Ata, Lamp for the Path to Enl ightenment, 5
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